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Students bring home a Gold and three Silver awards in copywriting, magazine, television and art direction categories

From high school photo assignments to gigs at Madison Square Garden, Mayo says collaboration makes all the difference

After impressing American Advertising Federation judges at the local and district levels, Gold and Silver winning entries now move to national competition in June

Entry for Diptyque candles wins Silver award in “animation or special effects” category

Meadows advertising creative track students talk shop with agencies across the U.S.

SMU Meadows students win four top awards and $3,400 in scholarships and prizes

B2B Campaign for NSAC Client, Adobe, Was Created and Presented Online

Winning entry for Diptyque candles now moves to national competition in June

Featuring Marc Patrick ’93, Nike’s Senior Director for Global Brand Communications, November 6

Featuring Marc Patrick ’93, Nike’s Senior Director for Global Brand Communications, November 6

Miles of Freedom named 2021-22 Pollock Gallery Office Space Resident; will present programming throughout the year at the intersection of art and human rights

Deadline: February 21, 2021

Limited edition calendar created with risograph technology offers next steps as part of "Healing Pieces" arts and engagement initiative

by Dallas artist Tim Coursey, December 12, 2020 – March 13, 2021

Multi-sensory exhibition explores themes of mass incarceration, reparation, environmentalism and neighborhood development

Exhibition combines themes of migration, depletion of monarch butterfly population and rejuvenation

Program includes cash awards, Berlin residency and show at Fort Worth offices

Form Follows Color, January 25 – February 29, 2020 & Riso Bar, January 25 – December 15, 2020

SMU Visiting Artist Lecture by Jock Reynolds, Former Yale University Art Gallery Director, October 16 at 7 p.m.

Award supports his study of precious metal objects from Persian late antiquity

Award honors his scholarly paper on portrait alterations in the early modern Hispanic world

by Dallas artist Tim Coursey, December 12, 2020 – March 13, 2021

Next talk on Nov. 18 to feature art attorney Leila Amineddoleh discussing her art, cultural heritage, and intellectual property law firm

Multi-sensory exhibition explores themes of mass incarceration, reparation, environmentalism and neighborhood development

As Florence Gould Foundation Fellow, she will work on her second book, about hunting in 18th-century France

Exhibition combines themes of migration, depletion of monarch butterfly population and rejuvenation

Ph.D. Student Alice Heeren Sabato Named Inaugural Recipient of Alessandra Comini International Fellowship for Art History Studies at SMU Meadows School of the Arts

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

How do arts management and arts entrepreneurship minors help prepare students for the business world?

2019 Arts Vibrancy Index Includes Four New Cities

2019 Arts Vibrancy Index Includes Four New Cities

2019 Arts Vibrancy Index Includes Four New Cities

Study funded by Houston Endowment to help arts organizations better understand and serve their communities

Study funded by Houston Endowment to help arts organizations better understand and serve their communities

Study funded by Houston Endowment to help arts organizations better understand and serve their communities

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Dr. Piyawan Charoensap-Kelly specializes in organizational and multicultural communication

COVID-19 spurs families to grow their own fresh fruit and vegetables; students learn first-hand how enterprises pivot during the pandemic

They were selected for annual intensive workshop offered by the international Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations

They were selected for annual intensive workshop offered by the international Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations

They were selected for annual intensive workshop offered by the international Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations

Dr. Ben Voth is one of five American debate coaches who will travel to Kigali in December to help students learn how debate can effect change in their communities

Dr. Ben Voth is one of five American debate coaches who will travel to Kigali in December to help students learn how debate can effect change in their communities

Dr. Ben Voth is one of five American debate coaches who will travel to Kigali in December to help students learn how debate can effect change in their communities

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Video games, interactive installations, performances and more by 70 students

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

SMU DataArts Will Become National Hub for Data Resources, Analysis and Education for Nonprofit Arts and Culture Sector

SMU DataArts Will Become National Hub for Data Resources, Analysis and Education for Nonprofit Arts and Culture Sector

SMU DataArts Will Become National Hub for Data Resources, Analysis and Education for Nonprofit Arts and Culture Sector

San Francisco-based initiative to develop a new investment model in Dallas to support artistic enterprises that help the community

San Francisco-based initiative to develop a new investment model in Dallas to support artistic enterprises that help the community

San Francisco-based initiative to develop a new investment model in Dallas to support artistic enterprises that help the community

Dancing with professional company B. Moore Dance since sophomore year, Blake says inspiration, confidence, and listening to your inner voice can make all the difference

Event to honor philanthropist, arts advocate and alumna Mary Anne Sammons Cree ’51

One-Year Dance Residency Funded by Liz Martin Armstrong ’82 and Bill Armstrong ’82

Featuring premieres by jazz artist Mark Burrell and San Francisco choreographer Joe Goode and an acclaimed work by Adam Hougland

Meadows talent represented in multiple “best-of” lists

Featuring premieres by acclaimed jazz/tap artist Caleb Teicher and Ballet Dallas co-director Carter Alexander

Featuring premieres by acclaimed jazz/tap artist Caleb Teicher and Ballet Dallas co-director Carter Alexander

Featuring premieres by acclaimed jazz/tap artist Caleb Teicher and Ballet Dallas co-director Carter Alexander

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Film debuts August 10, streaming for free on DallasTheaterCenter.org

Award-winning comedy created by SMU students in 2017-19 as part of biannual Summer Film Production program

Goodbye Fantasy, a 15-minute experimental film, receives Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival

Three internships with entertainment juggernaut lead film student to L.A.

What is it really like to immigrate to America?

What is it really like to immigrate to America?

What is it really like to immigrate to America?

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Jenny Rudolph and Aysia Lane each receive $6,000 awards for 2021-22 school year

First place honors awarded for features, sports, in-depth news and SMU Look magazine

Gift from Kiran Reddy Pendri will support top graduates in Journalism and Fashion Media

SMU Look magazine and series on gentrification in Dallas take first place honors

All five undergraduate students in journalism class “Law and Ethics in a High-Tech World” had papers accepted to conference

Students gain top-five media market experience; the News gains broader coverage in the Dallas region

Students gain top-five media market experience; the News gains broader coverage in the Dallas region

Students gain top-five media market experience; the News gains broader coverage in the Dallas region

Author, advocate, and former Fox News journalist Gretchen Carlson to give the 2019 Sammons Media Ethics Lecture at SMU October 2nd.

Fund launched to inspire others to help celebrate Tunks’ legacy

He will provide tutoring and chamber music coaching to students, beginning in fall 2021

Event to honor philanthropist, arts advocate and alumna Mary Anne Sammons Cree ’51

Fellowship made possible by new $2.4 million gift in memory of Martha Raley Peak ’50

Meadows master’s thesis 'Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis' wins top award in student choral short works division

Alexander Sitkovetsky and Chad Hoopes to join SMU Meadows School of the Arts in fall 2020

Event to honor philanthropist, arts advocate and alumna Emily Rich Summers

Distinguished Artist-in-Residence in Violin 1944-2020

Meadows Symphony, faculty, students, alumni and guests to perform Koch’s works, including two world premieres

Meadows Symphony, faculty, students, alumni and guests to perform Koch’s works, including two world premieres

Performances, Platforms for Public Involvement, Roundtable Dinners with Noted Theater Makers Explore the Complex Intersection of Black Identity and the Changing Nature of Performance and Activism

Students work with professional actors and directors to create plays inspired by John Lewis “good trouble” quote

Free, virtual presentations will include seven new short plays by SMU students with mixed casts of students and professional actors

Seven short plays by high school students addressing gun violence to be presented live on Zoom by Kitchen Dog and theatres nationwide on Dec. 14

Co-production to livestream SMU student-written plays inspired by late civil rights leader John Lewis, Nov. 9-10

Project debuts with the black album. 2020. resistance., a free performance Oct. 27 & 29

Hackler to conduct teaching and research in Romania

Top two winners will advance to national finals in New York on May 4

New work by Janielle Kastner ’12 and Brigham Mosley ’10 commissioned by Ignite/Arts Dallas